Of course, it would be wrong to suggest this sort of mayhem began with rock-and-roll. After all, there were riots at the premiere of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. So, what’s the answer? Ban all music? In this reporters opinion, the answer, sadly, is ‘yes’. — Brockman

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The Simpsons — Season Eight

The Thing and I: Bart discovers he has an evil twin brother locked in the attic.
The Genesis Tub: Lisa's science experiment generates a race of microscopic people.
Citizen Kang: As the election draws near, the aliens Kang and Kudos kidnap and assume the roles of Bob Dole and Bill Clinton.

Bart goes on a spending spree after obtaining a phony credit card, and buys a well-trained collie named Laddie. However, when his goods are repossessed, Bart gives the repo men Santa's Little Helper instead.

After Bart nearly destroys Springfield he is sent to military school, but Lisa wants to stay there too, and is determined to stick it out as the only girl.

Season 8

Described as the "last of the Golden Era" by some fans, Season Eight (1996-1997) is again full of memorable and quotable episodes.

The show's success thus far brought with it more big-name guest stars: Albert Brooks plays an evil super-villain who happens to be Homer's new boss; Rodney Dangerfield voices Mr. Burns' oafish son; Jonny Cash is a spirit guide (in the form of a coyote) for Homer after he eats Guatemalan insanity peppers; David Duchovony and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Mulder and Scully in a superb X-Files crossover episode; and Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce, brothers in the sitcom Frasier, play Robert and Cecil Terwilliger in the sixth outing - and imprisonment - for the great Sideshow Bob.

Groening's DVD intro

Yoo hoo, Simpsons Freaks!

You hold in your shaking, sweaty little hands the latest, greatest Simpsons DVD boxset ever! And I'm not just saying that because that's what I say every time I crank out one of these little intros. Lucky Season 8, as we refer to it back at Simpsons headquarters, is a slambang animated laff-fest of gargantuan proportions, full of classic episodes, fan favorites, and specially inserted continuity errors to satisfy the compulsive nitpickers. It's all part of our ongoing commitment to release every single Simpsons episode in chronological order, complete with meandering, puff-chested audio commentaries.

This is the season in which Albert Brooks played laidback supervillain Hank Scorpio. And Bart did battle with his not-quite-as-evil twin Hugo. And Lisa developed a sweet crush on Nelson Muntz. And Milhouse's strangely similar-looking parents got divorced. And Homer ate a Guatemalan insanity pepper and encountered a wise hallucinogenic coyote, voiced by Johnny Cash. And Marge had a pretzel-selling scheme. And Bart toured a gay steel mill. And Shary Bobbins floated away with her bumbershoot, only to be chewed up by a passing airliner. And we said hello and goodbye to Poochie, in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show."

We had a blast making this merriment, and it gladdens our hearts to imagine you out there laughing in the dark in some basement rumpus room. So settle back, hit "play all," and watch contentedly as several hours of your life dance by in vivid, almost scorching colors.